Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-03-26

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so lively as a nest Of "yellow jack.
ets.n and I think that these annoy.
ances are intended to persuade us
ofthe fact that this is not world
for us to stop in. If We had bed
of everything that was attractive
and soft and easy. what would we
want of heaven. You think that
the hollow tree sends the hornet,or
YOU think the devil sends the hor-
net. I want to correct Your opin
ion. The Lord sent the hornet.
Then | also think these annoyan-
ces come upon us to culture our pa
tience. In the gymnasium you find
upright parallel barS-harS with
holes over each other for pegsto be
put in. Then the gymnast takes q
peg in each hand and he begins to
climb. one inch at a time, or two
inches, and getting his strength
cultured, reaches after awhile the
ceiling. And it seems to me that
these annoyanceS in life are a NOR.
al gymnasium, each worry Il peg
bv which we are to climb higher
and higher in Christian attainment.
We all love to see patience, but 1T
cannot he cultured in fair weather.
1t is a child of the storm. If You
had everything desirable and there
was nothing more to get. what
would You want with patience?-
The only time to culture it is when
YOU are slandered and cheated, and
sick and half dead: "Oh," you say,
SIT l only hadihe circumstances OF
some well-to-do man would he
patient, TOO" You might as we'll
say. 'If it were not for this water
would SWIM" or, 81 could shoot
this gun lift were not for the caps"
Wien YOU stand chin deep in an
ncyapceS is the time for you to
swim out towards the great head
lands of christian attainment, and
wien your life is loaded to the muz-
zle with repulsive annoyances-
that is the time to draw The trig-
81 Nothing but the furnace will
ever burn ont of us the clinker and
TIL. Stag. l have formed this the
orr in regard to small annovan"eS
am vexations: II takes just so
much trouble to fit MS for useful
ness and for heaven. The only
question is, whether we shall take
it N the bulk: or pulverised or gran
ula.ed. Here is the man who takes
it in tile bulk. His back is broken.
or his eyeSight put out. or some
other awful calamity hefailS him;
willie the vast majority Of people
take the thing Ivy piecemeal.-
" hich way would you rather take
itg OF course In piecemeal. Better
have five aching teeth than one
broken jaw. Better ten fy,biSterS
than one amputation. Better TWEEN
ty squealS than one cyclone. There
may he y difference as to allopathy
and homeopathy; but in this mat
ter of trouble ] like homeopathic
doses-small pellets Of ANNOYANCE
rather than some knock down dose
of calamity. Instead Of the thun
derbolt give us the hornet. If you
have q bank you would a great
deal rather that fifty men should
come in with checks less than
hundred dollars than to have two
depositors come iu the same day
each wanting his ten thousand dol
lars. in this latter case, you congh
and look down at the floor, and up
at The ceiling before You look into
the safe. Now, my friends, would
ycu not rather have these small
drafts Of annoyance on your bank
of faith than some all sta ggering
demand upon yonr endnranceF
want to make you so strong that
YOU will not surrender to small an
poyanceS. in the village of Ham
lin. tradition says, there was an in.
vaSion frats, and these small crea-
lures almost devGnred the town,
and threatened The lives of the pop
nlation. the story is that a piper
came out one day and played
very sweet tune. and all the YER
min followed him-followed him to
the banks of the Weser, and then
he hlev a blast and they dropped
in and disappeared forever. Of
course this is fable, but ] wish l
could. on the sweet flute of the
Gospel draw forth all the nihbling
and burrowing annoyances of your
life. and play them down into the
depths forever. How many touch
e. did the artist give to his picture
Of "Cotopaxi." or his '.Heart of the
Ande>2" suppose about fifty
thousand touches. / hear the can.
vas saying, "Why do You keep me
trembling with that pencil so long?
Why don't you put it on in one
dasb?" NO." says the artist, 81
know how TO make a painting; it
will take fifty thousand of these
touches" And I want you, my
friends, to understand that it is
these ten thousand annoyances
which, under God are making up
the picture OF your life, to be hung
at last in the galleries of heaven.
fit for angels to look at. God knows
how to make picture.
| go into a sculptor's studio and
see him shaping statue. He has
chisel in one hand and mallet
in the other, aud he gives very
gentle stroke-click, click, click